Reply #7: If your son ok's it, I would write a respectful letter of inquiry addressed to

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the child's parents, the classroom teacher, and the principal. Have both parents' and your own signatures on the letter.

Their copies arrive the next day or two. A necessary conversation is created.

In the letter, summarize the exchange between you and your grand-daughter and then express concern that religious instruction for 5-year olds is not likely a State Board of Education topic in the approved curriculum.

Ask that the School's policy be clarified and also for assurance that such instruction, if it is taking place, will be discontinued.

A well-written and very direct letter of this sort would "assist" the principal's understanding that you object to what has taken place and might be inclined to seek legal remedy were the transgression to persist.

The principal will likely get the message and a very focused dialogue will ensue between principal and classroom teacher.